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Added 9 October 2026

its

/ɪts/ symbol

In Latin: eius, suī, suae Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Itsekiri.

determiner

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pronoun

The one (or ones) belonging to it.

contraction

Obsolete spelling of it's.

Origin

Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s.

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